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About Us

Our Mission

Community Futures Entre-Corp will assist the communities of Southeast Alberta to develop and achieve their collective goals for economic development.

Community Futures Entre-Corp is committed to being the region's leader in entrepreneurial development. We will maintain our position by providing the highest quality of services, resources, and leadership to the community.

Growing Communities One Idea at a Time

Service Promise: Business professionals Developing Business

The Objectives of Community Futures Entre-Corp
  • Promote entrepreneurship by supporting new and expanding businesses with loans, counselling and business information resources.
  • Provide quality small business training to the region. Encourage partnerships in training to increase the capacity of business in Southeast Alberta. Self-Start, Evening Seminars, Export Training, Brown Bag Series (Video Conferencing)
  • Promote youth entrepreneurship programs. Support the Alberta Youth Entrepreneurship Camp and Student Business Services.
  • To assist in the development and implementation of regional community economic development for the communities of Southeast Alberta.
  • Assist communities in an effort to improve economic and community development by encouraging alliances between boards, councils, government agencies and communities within the region.
  • Provide a higher level of service in the communities within the region which may be experiencing higher levels of instability.

Community Futures Audited Financial Statements 2006/2007 (PDF)

Shareholders

Shareholder Representative
Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce Rick Derbyshire - Board Chairman
Town of Bow Island Alan Hyland - Vice Chair
  Gordon Reynolds
Cypress County Brian Whitson - Secretary Treasurer
  Harley Lehr
City of Medicine Hat Keith Crush
  Greg McKee
Brooks & District Chamber of Commerce George Newton
City of Brooks Kimberley Sharkey
  Anne Marie Shields
Town of Redcliff Eric Solberg
  Vic Lutz
Bow Island and Burdett Chamber of Commerce Blaine O'Donnell

Communities Served

Community Futures Entre-Corp provides services for small businesses in Southeastern Alberta including the following:

  • Bow Island
  • Foremost
  • Brooks
  • Duchess
  • Tilley
  • Irvine
  • Burdett
  • Manyberries
  • County of Forty Mile
  • Medicine Hat
  • County of Newell
  • Cypress County
  • Elkwater
  • Redcliff


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